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World War One / Re: next of kin on enlistment records
« on: Friday 14 June 13 10:51 BST (UK)  »
Well the Ernest who married Edna is definitely not mine.  My man's parents were Thomas and Mary Greaves/Graves.  So looks like that death certificate from Nuneaton might be my best option.  Oh well, we still don't know which brother came to Oz and if he stayed or returned or if it was all just a rumour.
Thanks Andy for taking the trouble to follow through further with that.

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World War One / Re: next of kin on enlistment records
« on: Friday 14 June 13 06:24 BST (UK)  »
Thanks to all who replied.  My first time on rootschat and I've managed to make headway on two lines in my family thanks to the kind people who inhabit this space.  (I've made contact with an unknown-to-exist-until-yesterday 2nd cousin on another forum.)

Thanks Eddie, I have him in the 1911 census where his age is given as 22. 

I have searched for an immigration record unsuccessfully so thank you CarolW for that lead.  We were told that one of my grandfather's brothers (he came from a family of 15 children) came out to Australia but no-one seemed to know which one.  One we suspected I eventually found had died in Hanslope so we had to eliminate him.  Since Ernest is the only one I have not been able to locate in UK after 1911 I'm now thinking it may have been him.   Wish the age was 22 (his birthday was Jan-Mar) on the passenger list I'd be feeling more confident but what's a year here or there.  I'll start an electoral roll search asap which might flush him out.  Have just looked at WA marriage records and have found a marriage in 1913 that just might be our man.  I think I'll check on that first.

Andy,   I thought Forces War Records would be the way to go but I will have a look on ancestry just in case.

So many avenues to explore.
Thanks All

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World War One / Re: next of kin on enlistment records
« on: Thursday 13 June 13 08:12 BST (UK)  »
I thought I might have to go that way, Andy.  Thank you. 

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World War One / Re: next of kin on enlistment records
« on: Thursday 13 June 13 01:40 BST (UK)  »
CaroleW and millymcb

Thanks for your quick replies.

Name: Ernest Greaves (sometimes Graves)
DoB: Reg Jan-Mar 1889
Birthplace: Hanslope, Bucks

He disappears after 1911.  I've found no marriage or death records that I suspect might be his except for a 29 year old whose death was registered Oct-Dec 1918 in Nuneaton.  I have found that there was an auxiliary hospital at Nuneation during the First WW so I wondered if he died there as a result of wounding. 

I have found a few Ernest and E Greaves records on www.forces-war-records.co.uk but wondered if there would be enough information on the records to make it worthwhile.  There seems to be no way of isolating records so would need to look at each record to see if it is even relevant. 

Of course he may not have even been in the military.  I really am clutching at straws.

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World War One / next of kin on enlistment records
« on: Thursday 13 June 13 00:31 BST (UK)  »
Do the UK enlistment records include details of next of kin?  I'm trying to confirm whether one of my great uncles was involved during WW1.  If there were others of the same name, born in the same year in the same town, how do I know if the record relates to him?  He has no second name so there is no help there.

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Australia / Re: seeking answers
« on: Wednesday 12 June 13 04:43 BST (UK)  »
Hello again sandgroper38
I tried to reply to your reply.  I'm unable to do so as this is only my second post and apparently I can't do that until I have 3 posts under my belt. 
I too live in Qld 4650 and as soon as I can do so I will send you my email address on PM.  Very excited to find you so hope to make contact asap.

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Australia / Re: seeking answers
« on: Monday 10 June 13 23:05 BST (UK)  »
hello sandgroper38.

I have just found your posts of 2011.  I am a great niece of Ada Mary Pritchard (nee Hayward).  Her mother, Elizabeth Warburton is my great-grandmother and her sister, Winifred Beatrice Emma is my grandmother.  Elizabeth and two of her children, Winifred and Joseph, came to Queensland where  Winifred married Horace Greaves.  Another sister, Annie, was already in Rockhampton by the time they arrived.  My aunt Beatrice told us about Ada, knew only that she had died quite young (thought to be a riding accident).  We only knew her married name was Pritchard and there was mention of an orchard in WA. 
Would love to hear from you.

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